31.3. Setting Up the CVS Server
If the CVS server has not yet been set up on your system, a button labeled Setup CVS Server will be displayed at the bottom of the module's main page. When clicked, an entry will be added to the inetd or xinetd configuration (covered in Chapter 15) to run the server program cvs pserver on the standard TCP port 2401. The current CVS root directory will be supplied as a parameter to this command, so make sure that it is set correctly before clicking the button. Clients should now be able to connect to the repository, as explained in Section 31.4 “Using the CVS Server”.
The server is always set up to run as a service called cvspserver, which runs as root with no IP access control restrictions. If you are using xinetd ...
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